Every Done a Total 180-Degrees on a Frag?

I have done a complete 180 on Yardley Gentleman. Over a year ago, I gave it a "thumbs down" review and said some not very kind things that at the time, and for many months thereafter, I believed in good faith to be true. Somehow, I have changed, I am sure the juice hasn't. Yet now, applied most judiciously, it is wonderful. Yes, fruit flavors in mens' fragrances never appealed to me much, but this slight grapefruit thing with Autumn spices and lavendar is now something to hold in awe and wonderment. Not a signature for me yet, not displacing Chevalier D'Orsay or anthing, But now, in the regular rotation. Out of the drawer of neglect, into the light of day. Wow, what a 180!

Have you experienced anything similar?

Joe

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Re: Every Done a Total 180-Degrees on a Frag?

Yes, with both Mitsouko and Bandit.
Both initially repulsed me, now they are both scents that I crave and love.

"Like a lobster with a pearl in its claw, the beet held the jasmine firmly without crushing or obscuring it. Beet lifted jasmine, the way a bullnecked partner lifts a ballerina, and the pair came on stage on citron's fluty cue. As if jasmine were a collection of beautiful paintings, beet hung it in the galleries of the nose, insured it against fire or theft, threw a party to celebrate it. Citron mailed the invitations." Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins p. 189

Re: Every Done a Total 180-Degrees on a Frag?

Don't know what I said a year ago in a similar thread (and there was one), but today I'd have to say that my most recent "180 degree frag" would be Viking by Royal Copenhagen.

I tried on this "cheapie" about a year ago and HATED it. Anyway, I wore it out the other night and got TONS of compliments on it. Same thing happened the next night in a very different venue, and with a very different crowd. That said, I still don't care for Viking all that much. In fact, I think it's cheap smelling, but, that said, I'll wear just about ANYTHING that gets me THAT many compliments from two totally different crowds twice in one week. (Hey, I'm a flattery whore -- what more can I say?)

Also, have to mention Scent Intense in this thread. Loved it out of the bottle; couldn't wait to try it on. I hated it on my skin, though -- absolutely UNBEARABLE.

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Latrelle: "What?"
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Peggy: "Yes, but he hit his head on a lawn gnome."Fr. Sordid Lives: The Series
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Re: Every Done a Total 180-Degrees on a Frag?

I think a flickering Love - Hate relationship with scents is extremely common. A particular emotion for any fragrance is a function of several elements that are constantly fluctuating as a result of which one's perception of any fragrance is far from static.

As on date:

I Hate ONE MAN SHOW and i remember i LOVED IT ONCE

I LOVE KOUROS NOW (drydown is heavenly) and i remember the first time i squirted it I TOLD MYSELF, why would anyone want to smell like a 'Urinal Cake'

Re: Every Done a Total 180-Degrees on a Frag?

Riverside Drive by Bond No. 9 NYC... I used to think it smelled like Curve but now I really love it and can barely remember how that initial reaction came to mind. On the other hand I used to be head over heals for Bulgari Black and now I just think it's so-so.

Re: Every Done a Total 180-Degrees on a Frag?

180 degrees? Easy! I've done 360.

At first sniff I fell in love with LV Musk, only to find it too sweet and powdery later on, unwearable really. I didn't wear it at all for a long time. I don't know what happened, but now I enjoy every wear like I did the first time.

Re: Every Done a Total 180-Degrees on a Frag?

I really didnt like Tabarome millesime when I first got the bottle, then I started liking it ALOT, now I just kinda wear it as my regular daily cologne when I dont feel like challenging other people with my spicier selections. thats something like a 270 ?

Hated Lalique Equus first time I smelled it, then really started liking it after a few wearings... now I think its pretty good but not incredible

Re: Every Done a Total 180-Degrees on a Frag?

The first time I sniffed Envy in a perfume shop I thought, yech, way too sweet. Now it's my favorite. Sometimes I wonder whether old, spoiled testers in shops are (are least partly) responsible for this phenomenon - especially here in largely un-air-conditioned Austria.

Re: Every Done a Total 180 Degrees on a Frag?

Tabu -- used to HATE it with a purple passion. (Read my review sometime.) Had based my detestation of it on bad childhood memories, though, and not careful adult sampling/analysis/enjoyment.

Now I am ga-ga for it -- thanks to Basenotes I sampled it again and fell in love with this most reasonable of timeless frags. Patchouli and civet and lush florals, and all for a song -- what's NOT to like?

Not going to buy it for myself, probably, but I intend to enjoy the hell out of it on others, and out of the bottle whenever I go to the store.

Peggy: "Right now, we have to get to the mental institution. Something terrible has happened."
Latrelle: "What?"
Peggy: "Brother Boy has tried to kill himself. He jumped out of his bedroom window."
Latrelle: "Isn't he only on the second floor?"
Peggy: "Yes, but he hit his head on a lawn gnome."Fr. Sordid Lives: The Series
*****
"Live, live, live! Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death."Auntie Mame[/B]

Re: Every Done a Total 180-Degrees on a Frag?

I always held Green Irish Tweed in contempt. But recently, after coming around to the quality of Creed, I bought a bottle and have loved its bracing top notes. But, to be honest, after the quickly disappearing top and the middle notes have faded, I'm left with a very workman-like base of ambergris.

Re: Every Done a Total 180-Degrees on a Frag?

Yes, RdV is a real acquired taste. It's in my permanent wardrobe, but only worn on special occasions. A dirty vetiver -- not sexy dirty, but earthy. The smell of a root cellar and must and age. Definitely a keeper, yes, but certainly an acquired taste.

Peggy: "Right now, we have to get to the mental institution. Something terrible has happened."
Latrelle: "What?"
Peggy: "Brother Boy has tried to kill himself. He jumped out of his bedroom window."
Latrelle: "Isn't he only on the second floor?"
Peggy: "Yes, but he hit his head on a lawn gnome."Fr. Sordid Lives: The Series
*****
"Live, live, live! Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death."Auntie Mame[/B]